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City of Natchez Lowers Flags in Honor of Former President Jimmy Carter
The City of Natchez mourns the passing of James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr., the 39th President of the United States, who passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2024. In his honor, Mayor Dan M. Gibson has directed that flags at all municipal buildings and grounds be flown at half-staff for 30 days. President Carter served…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade will be Jan. 20
NATCHEZ, Miss. — The 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, January 20, with the line-up beginning at 2 p.m. on Broadway Street on the Bluff. The theme is “Natchez All In.” The event will include civil rights activists from the 1960s. “In the January 20th MLK parade,…
Natchez Adams school family remembers senior who died as tree fell through house
NATCHEZ — In the words of Natchez Adams School District Superintendent Zandra McDonald, the student who died too soon as a result of the Saturday evening storm “will be remembered as being kind, respectful, confident and full of life.” On Saturday night, family members, friends teachers and classmates of 18-year-old TyKeria Rogers watched in…
Concordia Parish School Board Hosting Community Forum to Discuss Proposed Consent Order
The Concordia Parish School Board will host a community forum tonight, December 17, 2024, at 6:00 PM at the Vidalia Convention Center to discuss a proposed consent order that could resolve the parish’s decades-long desegregation case. The desegregation lawsuit, filed in 1965, challenged the operation of racially segregated schools in Concordia Parish. While significant progress…
Adams County board socks away leftover federal funds to spend in new year
Adams County supervisors have set aside leftover funds to determine later how to spend what county board president Kevin Wilson said could total as much as $700,000 or so. The funds are from $6 million the county received from the American Rescue Plan Act enacted in 2021. The U.S. Congress passed ARPA to help local…
City board hires new CPA firm to do Natchez audits
NATCHEZ, Miss. – City aldermen have hired the Gillon Christian Mosby accounting firm to do the annual audits of Natchez finances. The CPA group is replacing the Silas Simmons firm, which city officials have complained has been consistently late in finishing the annual audits required by law. With the Board of Aldermen agreeing Tuesday to…
Legal questions arise for Natchez aldermen with relatives employed by city
NATCHEZ, Miss. – Mayor Dan Gibson and aldermen have clarified legal explanations of when board members must excuse themselves from meetings when items come up that could financially benefit their relatives. Disputes and confusion have arisen at board meetings in recent months about whether Natchez aldermen Ben Davis and Felicia Bridgewater-Irving must step out of…
Natchez aldermen approve plans for new city dog park
NATCHEZ, Miss. – Aldermen approved plans for building a city dog park for Natchez that’s to be funded with private dollars at Duncan Park. The selected site is between the Carroll-Jones baseball field and the park’s central pavilion. The Natchez-Adams County Community Alliance plans to fund the dog park’s construction with private donations, said group…
Natchez officials set plans to lobby for legislative priorities
NATCHEZ, Miss. – City aldermen agree with Mayor Dan Gibson on what Natchez needs from state and federal lawmakers, but they’re divided on who should lobby them on the city’s behalf. The city’s priorities approved Tuesday for 2025 include asking legislators to appropriate funds to replace the Canal Street bridge and help build the much-planned…
Concordia Parish School Board to Host Community Forum on Proposed Desegregation Agreement
The Concordia Parish School Board is working toward the resolution of its longstanding desegregation case, which was originally filed on November 30, 1965. After nearly six decades, the School Board and the United States have developed a proposed consent order aimed at moving the case toward dismissal within the next three years. The proposed agreement,…